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FLORIDA - Some Florida lawmakers want to tighten a state retirement program... Saying decisions on who can or cannot participate have become too political.

The Deferred Retirement Option Program allows workers to briefly retire and take thousands in a lump sum payment... Then go back to work, collecting both a full salary and a pension.

The program was originally designed to keep talented and experienced people in hard-to-fill jobs like police or firefighters.

Governor Charlie Crist also has criticized DROP, arguing it has too many loopholes that make it an easy target for abuse.State Retirement Program DROP
 

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